Window



R. ERROLL Nov. 17, 1931.

WINDOW Filed Jan. 7. 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet l NV. 17, 1931. R, ERROLL 1,832,107

WINDOW Filed Jan. 7. 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 1W ww III f NOV. 17, 1931. R, ERROLL 1,832,107

WINDOW Filed Jan. 7. 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 17, 1931. l 1 R. ERROLL 1,832,107

WINDOW Filed Jan. '7, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet. 4

Nov. 17, 1931. RQ ERRoLl.

WINDOW Filed Jan. 7. 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented Nov. 17, 1931 f ,Unirse sier-es ROBEBVI.1 ERROLLrOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WINDOW Application lifledA VJanuary 7 1929. Serial No. 330,701,

- This invention relates to double hung sliding windows (either metal or wood) in which the sash are balanced and slide up and down and are also susceptible of a rotary moven ment. The principal object of the invention is the provision of novel sash vsupporting means whereby sliding window sash may be rotated or inverted at any point between the sill and the head of window and the reverse 1 or outside surface of glass, etc., made acces sible to persons within the room for the pur-V pose of cleaning.' Y

Another object is to provide means whereby either or both sash may be readily removed for the purpose or" glazing, or for'any other whereby the sashes may be inverted.: It fur- .Y v

taken 'on the line 6-6 of Fig."1;

ther consists in a window having depressible sash guiding strips that may be depressed to thereby enable either sash to be inverted upon itssupports. v

It further consists in a window fraine coinprising a sill, head, weight boxes, weight partitions, removable channel or other sectional pulley stiles, together with 'sliding balanced sash, said sash being provided with swivel connections and their supports wherebythe sash may be rotated or inverted. It 1 further consists in a window having depressible sash guides and partingstrip thereby enabling the sash to be rotated or inverted..k

It further consists of a window inv which the sliding sash are provided with pivotal mounting connections Vso arranged thatthe sash may be removed from the-window without disturbing or removing the sash guides'or parting strip. Another feature 'of the win` .and claimed.

kverted dow is therpossibility `or inserting or removing the pulley wheels without disturbing any other partof thewindow.V`V v f I, u 'It urtherfconsists inthe several novel features of construction, arrangement and com- ,y

bination of parts hereinafter fully set forth The invention is clearly illustratedv inthe drawings accompanying this specification in whichev F igurelis a front elevation (room side) of a window embodying a simple form of the present'invention;

FigLQ is avertiCal cross section taken on the. line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. Bris asiinilarview, 4partlyvbroken 'i Adaway, "and showing: the lower for inside windowjsash inverted;

Fig. 4; is a viewk similar to Fig. showing the upper or outside sash lowered andinvFig. 5 is a side elevation, partly" invertical section, illustrating Vone of the swivel connectionsfor the sash; y

Fig."6 is a de tailvertical cross sectionA Fig. 7 is a de tailv vertical cross section takenon the line 7-7 of Fig. l; y

'l Fig. Sis a detail horizontal section taken' on lthe line 848 of Fig.,1, showing the guide strips for the lower'sash 'in full lines in depressed position, .andin dotted lines in eX- tended position, l,and showing they guide strips for the upper sash in extendedposition;

Fig.`9 isa detail vertical fragmentalcross gli) section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8, show-4 ing the guide'strip depressed; y ."Fig. l0 is a detail ,horizontal 'fragmental vsection illustrating' the connection between the` window, screen and sash guide;

taken on theline 12j-12 of 'Fig'. 8

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' ianges have laterally bent edge portionsthat Fig. 13 is a detail horizontal fragmental section illustrating a certain catch employed between the sash and the carriers; n

Fig. 14 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line 14-14 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 15 is a detail vertical horizontal section taken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 16 is a detail horizontal cross section taken en the line 16-16 of Fig. 15.

Referring to said drawings, which illustrate one .embodiment of the present invention, thereference character 14 designates -a window frame, 15 the upper window sash and 16 the lower window sash which are slidab'ly mounted in the window frame. Thefw'indow frame comprises sideframe members 17, an

upper stile or head V14;a and a sill 14h. The

side frame members 17 embodyv two spaced upright frame members 18 and 18a 4"('see Fig. 8,) which are connected vby a channel section j 1.9,that comprises a pulley stile of the frame.

Between the upright framermembers 18 and V18.2? and in front ofthe main .webo'f .the `pulleystile is a recess orpocket 'in which ,is 'contained certain parts andmechanism aswillbe hereinafter explained.

The window vframe may .befoomposed o'f ,woodor metal ,bent up, or otherwise fahr-.i-

cated, into the configurations s'howninFigs. eiand 8 wherein .the upright frame members 18aifid- 18a are arranged V.to receive .the .channel section 19. As shown, theupright frame vmembers v18 and 18aare each formed of three sides and the fourth side is formed by theV angeswof thel pulley stile member, which maybe screwed tothe oifsetsides orlugs .18x `ofthenjgnight frame members 18 .and ,1851, so that the flanges ofthe pulley stile member will be flush with the side of the :upright frame member with which it enga-ges.v Preferably .the pulley stileY 19 .is formed of ltwo pieces joined together ,at .the middle, .as shown, which'is for ,the i.purpose of A'facilitating the'assembling of the various partsofand within the pulleystile.y

The upright frame fmember 1,8 is located vadj acent the inner face of the wall '20,.o'fithe kroom and the upright Yframe member -18a is adjacent the vouter V face thereof. Y FBetween Vsaid upright frame membery 18 .and y.18a `of each side vframe member 17 'are laterally finorable guide strips v21,252 and 23, spacedapart to form between themY slidewaysfinwhich-the window sashes are slidably mounted. l'lnderv normal conditions, ithe guide strips .21, 22

`and 23 projectlbeyondlthe side Yfaces of V:the

.are the metal laterally movableguidestrips and rafting Streik-22311161'Qsredarart to accommodate the channel section slide- 23 project beyond the side faces of the up- A right frame members 18 and 18, as is clearly Vshown in the left hand portion of Fig. 8, and

. receive betweenthem the edge portions of the hanging stiles of the twesashes. Y

The Guide strips referred to are susceptible ofi eing moved `lback into :the vertical grooves formed :by the side frame members 4i8 vand 18a, and the slideways or guide mem- :bcrs .88 permitthesvindow sash to be tilt-ed, rotated or inverted upon their supports as willi be now explained. Means are provided for retracting and extending the guide strips, w'lrich "means 'are operable from the inside of the room, and, as shown, said means Coml prise a plurality oftransiersely extending v crank shafts 241e rotatably mounted in' split bearingsti secured to Athe pulley stile v19.and ,slidewa'ys 38 ,andv in 'lugs E25 secured to the side 'flanges of the pulley stiles.

"Each crank shaft 'is provided with crank anm's arrangedin pairs, one pair foreach `gudestrip and thecranl: arms `of each pair are Vconnected a wrist pin 28 'to which is .Connected .an arm or link 29, the other .end of which is pivotallyf connected to .a b'racket lOseeured toy the rear side of each guide .and parting str-ip 21,122 andQB.` Fach pair of crankrarms 27, crank A,shaft 24 and link 29, toget-h-erwith.their connections with the side ,framefmem'bers and guide strips, form toggie joint conneetionswhereby said guide strips may "be moved 'intoporlout vof the Vertical 'pockets or groovesfby rotatingithe crank v shafts upon their anesl The crank shafts vbetween the sill and head of the frame of the .window at each Aside thereof are -connected `4bya"link31 '(see 12') in ordertoimpn't movement to the guide strips along parallelv lineswhen'the 'crank shaftsare actuated.

" -For V certain purposes, there are upper and V,lower 'crank'sha'fts and toggle joint connec- 'tions on each side of the window for each sash with a link 8l between, and Ithe upper andflo'wer vlinks .81 maybe detaeha ly conf nected together 'by a :pin -andv slot connection '32a Y(see Fig. 112) whereby the two Alinks may "bedisconneeted, if desired. it may be found desirable to 'form the upper and lower portiensof the pulley s'tiles in' two sections 19 -4-and19b see Figa 14.) joined approximately .midway between the .top Aand bottom of the window jin -order ftoj permit 4access vfte .the pulley weight pockets. Bymaking.the pulley stile in sections, the lower one,together with the parts carried thereby, maybe removed without disturbing the upper one. This is made possiblew'ith 'thefuseV of the `jointed l flink'sfl vabove described.

j As' seen inFigs. 8 and'1'2, one end portion j n Undernormal conditions, the Y gulde strips and parting strips 21, 22 and of each crank shaft 24 is. provided V4with crank arm 32 extending -pa'rallelfwithithe crank arms 27, and thelink 31 pivotally con nects the ends of said crank arms 32; The crank shafts 24, together with their toggle joint connections with-the guide strips," are concealed in thefyertical pockets orgrooves and behind the guide strips and window sash, and a key or crank 33k `is provided which has a stem 34 that maybe inserted through the opening' in the front( vot` eachl sidel trame member 17 `for engagement with the ends of the lower crankshafts. `The stem 34 has a noncircular socket 35u`pon its inner end which engages` over a lcorrespon'dingly shaped end part 36 of each lower crank sha-tt. 1t will be observed that by Aengaging the stem 34 with the crank shaft,`the lattermay be rotated and the guide strips moved into the pockets or out of them asdesired, and by reason ofthe linkfconnectionbetween the upper ci and lower crank` shafts, both' crank shafts are movedl in unison, thereby project ing the guide strips forward and back along parallel lines. A rThe sashes are rotatively mounted or swiveled upon the sashcarriers 37 which are oi approximately the same depth as a window sash,- and saidl sash carriers are slidabl-y guided in slideways formed thechannel shaped slideways or guide membersl38', in-

terposed between the 'guide strips 21, 22 and u 23. The channel'shap-ed slifdeways or guide members 38 are contained in the hollow'of the channel section pulleystile 19between the frame members 18 and 18a and are rigidly mounted upon the pulley4` stile 197by struts 39,` spot welded or otherwisesecured tov the pulley stile and guidemembers 38. The side flanges of the channel shaped guide members 38 arefformed with 'over-hanging edge portions 40 that enter grooves vformed .in the corner portions of the sash carriers 37,

whereby said carriers are retained in the channel shaped guide members against accidental'disconnection therefrom.'

The sash tit loosely between thechannel section slideways or guide members .38 and are rotatably. mounted on the sash carriers 37 therein by means of sliding pins or stud shafts 41 slidably contained in housing or bearing blocks42, spot welded or otherwise rigidly secured in thestiles of the sash. The

pins or stud shafts A41 on which the sashrotates are movable into socketblocks 43, spot welded or otherwise rigidly securedin'the sash carriers 37v at a point approximately midway between the top and bottom of the same orat any other point determined upon. vTo permit the sash to be completely' re moved from the `sash carr1ers,t he pins or stud sha-tts41 maybe retracted'or withdrawn from the socketblocks 43, and, lforthispuri pose, each pin or stud shaftvis provided with ar rack bar 44 upon one side thereof with which meshes pinion 45 'contained cavityiii the housing orbearingblock'42' and mounted upon a spindle 46, which' isljournaled in the`housing42 and -is accessible from thev side ,4

of the stile of the sash'where it may be pro-A vided "with ay Vslotted yend ytor vthe reception of a screw driver orothertooly by which the pinion may be partially rotated to withdraw or retract the pin orstudshaft 41 from the socket block 43 andthereby permit the. sash to be removed 'from the sash carrier. "The sash carriers 37 provide the sliding connecfy tion between the 'sashes andi the shdeways or guide. members 38 andthe guide strips i 21,22 and 23 serve somewhatin'the"natureof window strips Vand part-ing strips for the sashes;A v 1 j Sash weights 47 are provided for each sash andare' connectedtheretojby chains 48"which are trained fo'ver'sash pulleys49 i 49h is rei'novably mounted whereby the wheel inay ber'emoved from .the housing forl any desiredpurpose. The slideway 38 and pulley stile haveregistering slots 49by through which the wheelmay be removed. *Conveniently the 'shaift49c of the wheel seats inv sockets 49d formed inthe side walls otthe housing, and

saidAvv sockets' lead upwards i and forwards through the frontv wallo-f-ithel housing as at 49e'and "notches 49i areformed the pulley stile and-slidewaysorvguide members, v 38 tofpermit removal of the pulley shaft and therewith thewheeltromthe housing.v vBy inserting ascrew driver or other small instrument through the-slots inthe s'lide'w'ay and pulleystile, vand under the wheelv the latter may be pried up and the shaft thereof moved out through 'the slots 49e and149f. Tothe parting stripy 2,2I may lbe secured 'a rubbing stri 22a` seeF-iv'. 8

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of telt or other flexible material.

Catches 54 are provided between eachlsash and the associated sash carriers (see Fig. 13) Y 'riers' whenever-theA sash is moved from a tilted position 'into -one in alignment with thel sashfcarrier. ',Asshowmin' Fig.-13, an, 'springpressed'lstud 54 is contained in each -sash carrierand protrudesthrough an open-A fing; in thetace A thereof `in position for en- `gagement-y in 'a 'recess or socket 55 formedin the 'edge of' thefassociatedstile. IYThe stud1V is lp'royided with a head or -shoulder`56 upon inverted position shown inFig. 3. ,Itfisreturned to normal position by rotating it in the reverse direction until in alignment with the sash carriers. T o invert the upper sash, the lower sash'is lraised to its uppermost position with the meeting rail thereof pushed Vinto the recess 6l of the head of the window frame. rihis leaves su'liicient clearance 'for the upper sash when. lowered to a lowermost position to enable the upper'sashto be inverted, as is seen in Fig. 4. J To return the parts to normal position, the upper sash is Yswung back into alignment with its carrier after which the guide strips 2l, 22 and 23 are moved backinto extended position and the sash may beslid up and down in the ordinary manner. Y Y

l More or less variation of the exactdetails of construction is possiblefwithout departing from the spirit of this invention. -Idesire. therefore. not to limit myself to the eX- act Jform of the construction shown and described, but intend. in the following claims, to point out all oi' the invention'disclosed herein. 'j

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1. In a. window, the combination oiawin- Vdow frame having side frame members each comprising upright frame members, a pulley stile removably secured thereto and `sash guiding members secured to said' pulleyv stile between said upright frame members. spaced retractible `guide stripsv havine.V actuating means mounted on said pulley stileszsash carriers slidablv mounted in said sash guiding members. and a window sash havingkswivel connections with said sash' carriersand guided to move vertically between said Vretractible guide strips. .f 2.. Ina window, thev combination of a window frame havinesside members, each comprising upright frame members, a channel shaped pulley stile. and spaced apart sash ,guiding members secured to Vsaid pulley stile in spaced relation to said upright frame members. vretractible guide strips contained -in the intervening spaces-between the upright frame members and havingretracting means mounted on said' pulley-stile. said nnllev stile bei no removably secured to the upright frame vmembers whereby the pullevstile andparts carriedr thereby ymav be movedfrom the relev stile removably securedth ereto, and guide members for the sash rigidly mounted on said pulley stile,'retractible guide strips, one on each side of each guide member, means carried by each pulley stile forfretracting` the t(uide strip adjacent each iside. frame mem er, sash vcarriers slidably mounted in said guide members, and a windowsash havthereto, and guide members for the*l window sash rigidly secured to said pulley stile,

retractible channel shaped guide strips,fone on each side of each guide member,- crankifo shafts, one rotatably mounted in each side frame member, toggle joint connections between said crank shaft and the adj aceiit guide strips adapted to be housed in said guide strips, sash carriers slidably mounted in saida5 guide members, and a window sash` having swivel connections with said sash carriers and guided to move 'vertically between said guide strips. y V

5. Ina window, the combinationof a win- 2.9.0 dow 4Jframe having side frame members, retractible guide strips adjacent said sideframe members, upper and 'lower crank shaftsjournaled in each side frame member, toggle lever connections between said crank shaiitsand:i?.5 the adjacent guide strips, parallel movement means between the upper and lower crank shafts at each side of the window frame` op- .positely disposed sash carriersA slidahly mountedv between said guide strips, and al00 .window sash V'having swiveled connect-ions with said sash carriers. f Y

6.- In a window, the combination of a window frame having side frame memberseach comprising a removable pulley stile and chan- '105 nel shaped guide members for the sash rigidly secured to the pulley stile, retractible guide strips one at each side of each guide member, upper and lower crank shafts rotatably mounted on eachV pullev stile, toggle jointr` 110 connections between said crank shafts and the adjacent guide strips, parallel movement means between the upper and lower'toggle joint connections, sash carriers slidably guided in said guide members, and window sash having swivel connections with said sash carriers and guided to move vertically between said guide strips. 7. Ina window, the combination of upper 120 and lower sashes. vertically guided'sash carriers therefor, said sashes havingswiv'elcon'- nections with their respective sash'carriers,

a window frame in which said sash carriers are guided, the upper stile of said window 125 trame having a recess therein adapted'for the reception of the meeting rail ofthe lower sash when the latter is moved to its uppermost position, and there being a covered aper-` ture in the upper wall of said recess adapted 130 'for the Yreception of a member of as ash lock on the lower sash.l

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' 8. In a window, the combination of a window frame having side frame members, eachl comprising a removable channel shaped pulleyy stile and channel shaped guide members secured to said pulley stile, retractible guide vrstrips having actuating means carried by said .pulley stiles, sash carriers slidably guided in vsaid guide members, reversible window sash having swivel connections with said sash car. Vriers and guided to move vertically between Vsaid guidestripsand a latch-device Vbetween e `each*sash"carrier andan associated window sash. 9. In a window, the combination oi' a win dow frame having side frame members,each

' comprising a channel shaped pulley stile and channel shaped guide members secured thereto, depressible guide members having actuating means. carried by said pulley stiles, sash carriers slidably guided in said guide menibers, reversible window sash swiveledupon said sash carriers and guided to move vertically between said guide members, and .sash weights operatively connected to said sash carriers.

1U. In a window, the, combination of a window frame having side frame members, each comprising a channel shaped pulley stile and channel shaped guide members secured thereto, depressible guide strips having Y actuating means carried by said pulley stiles,

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a counteiweiglitedA window sash guided to move vertically between said guide strips,

"sa-sh carriers slidablyV guided in said guide members, and swivel connections between said window sash'and sashA carriers whereby said sash Vmay be inverted thereon.

1l. In a window, the combination ofoppositely disposed lslidably mounted sash cari riers, a window sash extending between said mounted sashcarriers, each providedfwith a socket block therein. retractiblepins mounted in the sash and jiournaled in said socket blocks, andmeans accessible from the face o the sash for retracting said pins lfrom the socket, blocks.

13. In a window, the combinationV of a window sash, a pair of slidably mounted sash carriers, socket blocks mounted in said sash carriers, retractible pins mounted in the sash and journaled in said socket blocks, said pins capable obeingwithdrawn from said socket blocks and lbeing provided with rack teeth I 1 upon one side, pinions mounted in said sash and meshing with said rack teeth and having V,for one p ullev stile section being conjoinable with and disjoinabl'e fromY the other.

"spindles accessible at the face'oxf the'wind'ow sash and provided with` mea-nswhereby the pinions may be rotated. Y

14. I-n` a window, the combination of a "window frame having side frame members', 70 each composed of upright frame members,- a

pulley stile removably secured thereto and guide members rigidly secured to the pulley stile, spaeedretractible guide strips betweenf.- the upright frame members and guide members, a swiveled window sash between said guide stripsand having sash carriers guided in said guide members, upper and lower crank shafts rotatably mounted on each pulley stile, ,Y and having toggle joint connections with the guide strips, parallel movement means connecting the upper and lower toggle joint connections at each side of the window and vone Vsections being removably ,mounted thereon.

'17. In a window, the combination of spaced stationary upright frame members, a chan-A nel shaped pulley stile extending between and? A. o

detachablyv secured to said upright frame l o member. slideways for sash carrierssecured to said pulley stile, depressible guide' strips for window sash, and operating .means for retracting and extending said guide' strips carried by the pulley stile, said pulley stile and 1 the parts carried thereby being removable and replaceable with respect to the upright frame members.

18. In awindow, the combination of spacedN stationary upright frame members, a channel shaped pulley stile composed of sections at least one oil which is detachablv secured to said upright frame members, slideways for sashcarriers secured to said pulley stile sec tions. depressible guide strips for guiding a window sash, kand operating means. forretracting and extending said guide strips carried by said pulley stile. the operating means 19. In a window, thecornbination of a window frame having removable and replaceable pulley stiles, spaced guide members and spaced retractible guide strips carried by s aid.l pulley stiles, sash carriersslidably guided in said guide members, and a window sash mounted on said sash carriers and guided for vertical movement between said guide strips.

20. In a window, 'a window frame having removable and replaceable channel shaped Cil metal pulley stiles each formed of sections united along a vertical line and also formed of upper and lower sections, in combination with upper and lower sash guiding members and retraetible gudestrips carried by said sections, and a reversible window sash having sash oarriersguided in said sash guiding members, the retractble guide strips overlying the edge portions of the sash. Y

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of December, 1928.

ROBERT ERROLL. 

